My shop is what’s left from my over size two car garage. I took enough from one side for a storage room and an office/ham shack. I also took enough from the front for a utility room. What I have left is barely a one car garage that hasn’t had a car in it in over twenty years. Do have a two car carport though, and it comes in handy for working outside in the shade.

It would take a while to cover all I have scattered here and there so if you spot something and have a question feel free to ask. The shop is not where I keep secret squirrel stuff.

I will go ahead and explain the picture with the dryer vent just outside the door. That’s the dust discharge from the dust collector. The chips go in the thirty gallon metal can and fine stuff goes outside. Does away with having filters. It never runs for more than a few minutes at a time so I don’t worry about heat or cool air loss. Only problem I’ve had is not checking the chip can. If it gets full, everything goes outside.

AP—Looks like you’ve made efficient use of the space allocated and claimed. We share some similar work background as well, although I was not a commissioned officer. I did al lot of work with fire and police services and emergency management.

-- People say I hammer like lightning. It's not that I'm fast -- it's that I never hit the same place twice!

I have that same Craftsman bandsaw. How has it been with resawing? I have been meaning to pick up a 5/8” blade to resaw but as I don’t have a jointer/planer I’m afraid the finish will take me to long to flatten.

BigDaddyO—I like my Craftsman. It does a nice job with re-sawing. I knew I wouldn’t ever need to go bigger than what it could handle. I got a couple of Timber Wolf blades and they work very well for me.After re-sawing you will need to do some planing of some sort, either by hand or machine, but not as much as I would have guessed.